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International Workshop in Kyoto 2024

Date: 5-6 March 2024

Language: English

Venue: 
Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Campus, Soshikan Conference Room

Organizer: 

University of Cologne
The Institute for Justice Systems in Comparative Law (IJSCL) Ritsumeikan University
Center for Peace Education and Research, Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University

Preliminary Programme

5 March 2024 (Tuesday)

13:15 Opening Ceremony
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Masahisa Deguchi (Ritsumeikan University)

Greetings:
Prof. Dr. Akihiko Kimijima (Director of Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University)
Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Angelika Nussberger M.A. (University of Cologne)
Consul General Melanie Saxinger (German Consulate General Osaka-Kobe)
13:30 Session 1: “My Grandfather Higuchi Kiichiro and Japan’s Wartime Policy for Jewish Emigres”
Reporter: Prof. Dr. Ryuich Higuchi (Meijigakuin University)
Moderator: Professor Dr. Masahisa Deguchi (Ritsumeikan University)

About my grandfather Higuchi Kiichiro and Japan’s Wartime Policy for Jewish Émigrés (PDF)
14:20 Coffee Break
14:40 Discussion
Prof. Dr. Takahiro Shinyo (Kwansei Gakuin University; Former Ambassador of Germany)
Special Lecturer Toyoei Shigeeda (Nihon Sports and Science University, Former Ambassador of Lithuania)
Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Angelika Nußberger M.A. (University of Cologne)
Professor Kimio Yakushiji (Ritsumeikan University)
Associate Professor Dr. Megumi Ochi (Ritsumeikan University)
Assistant Professor Dr. Rieko Kitamura (Ritsumeikan University)
Associate Professor Dr. Miharu Hirano (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University APU)
Assistant Frederic Kupsch (University of Cologne)
Assistant Dr. Paula Rhein-Fischer (University of Cologne)
Professor Dr. Omi Hatashin (Osaka Jogakuin University)
15:40 Suekawa Memorial Hall
16:10 Coffee Break
16:30 Session 2: “Non-discrimination v. equality – different understandings of a basic philosophical concept in law”
Reporter: Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Angelika Nußberger  M.A. (University of Colongne)
Moderator: Professor Dr. Omi Hatashin (Osaka Jogakuin University)

Documents:
– Equality v. non-discrimination (PDF)
17:20 Coffee Break
17:40 Discussion
Prof. Dr. Takahiro Shinyo (Kwansei Gakuin University; Former Ambassador of Germany)
Special Lecturer Toyoei Shigeeda (Nihon Sports and Science University, Former Ambassador of Lithuania)
Professor Dr. Masato Ichikawa (Ritsumeikan University),
Associate Professor Dr. Megumi Ochi (Ritsumeikan University)
Assistant Professor Dr. Rieko Kitamura (Ritsumeikan University)
Associate Professor Dr. Miharu Hirano (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University APU)
18:40 End

6 March 2024 (Wednesday)

10:10 Session 3: (tentative title) “The Role of the CJEU and ECtHR in Regulating Social Media from a Freedom of Expression Perspective Frederic Kupsch“
Reporter: Assistant Frederic Kupsch (University of Cologne)
Moderator: Assistant Professor Dr. Rieko Kitamura (Ritsumeikan University)
11:00 Coffee Break
11:20 Discussion
Professor Dr. Masato Ichikawa (Ritsumeikan University),
Prof. Dr. Takahiro Shinyo (Kwansei Gakuin University; Former Ambassador of Germany)
Special Lecturer Toyoei Shigeeda (Nihon Sports and Science University, Former Ambassador of Lithuania)
Professor Kimio Yakushiji (Ritsumeikan University)
Associate Professor Dr. Miharu Hirano (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University APU)
Professor Dr. Omi Hatashin Osaka Jogakuin University)
Assistant Professor Dr. Rieko Kitamura (Ritsumeikan University)
12:20 Lunch at Cafeteria
13:00 Ryoanji Tempel & Tojiin Tempel
15:00 Session 4: “Unequal conditions? The principle of equality and structural discrimination”
Reporter: Assistant Dr. Paula Rhein-Fischer (University of Colongne)
Moderator: Professor Kimio Yakushiji (Ritsumeikan University)
15:50 Coffee Break
16:10 Discussion
Commentator:
Special Lecturer Toyoei Shigeeda (Nihon Sports and Science University, Former Ambassador of Lithuania)
Professor Kimio Yakushiji (Ritsumeikan University)
Associate Professor Dr. Megumi Ochi (Ritsumeikan University)
Assistant Professor Dr. Rieko Kitamura (Ritsumeikan University)
Associate Professor Dr. Miharu Hirano (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University APU)
Adjunct professor Dr. Hanako Umezawa (Universita di Bologna)
Professor Dr. Omi Hatashin (Osaka Jogakuin University)
17:10 End

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International Workshop in Kyoto 2023

Date: 13-14 October 2023

Language: English

Venue: 
Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Campus, Soshikan Conference Room

Organizer: 

The Institute for Justice Systems in Comparative Law (IJSCL) Ritsumeikan University

Preliminary Programme

13 October 2023 (Friday)

17:00 Opening Ceremony
Speaker:
Prof. Dr. Mitsuyuki Inaba (Ritsumeikan University)
Prof. Dr. Makoto Hizume (Dean of Law Faculty, Ritsumeikan University)

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Masahisa Deguchi (Ritsumeikan University
17:10 Session 1: “Implementation of the Representative Action Directive in Germany”
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Astrid Stadler (Konstanz University)
Moderator: Prof. Antonios Karaiskos (Ryukoku University)

PDFs:
– Implementation of the Representative Action Directive in Germany
– Presentation Slides
– ドイツにおける代表訴訟に関する指令　清水宏訳
17:50 Coffee Break
18:10 Comments & Discussion
Prof. Dr. Choong-soo HAN (Hanyang University)
Associate Professor Zhixun Cao (Peking University)
Prof. Dr. Álvaro Pérez Ragone (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
Associate Professor Wei-Yu Chen (National Taiwan University)
Associate Professor Dr. Eun Hyeon Kang (University of Seoul)
Prof. Antonios Karaiskos (Ryukoku University)
Prof. Kunihiro Nakata (Ryukoku University)
Prof. Hiroshi Shimizu (Toyo University)

PDFs:
– Prof. Han
– Prof. Dr. Álvaro Pérez Ragone
– Associate Professor Wei-Yu Chen
– Associate Professor Dr. Eun Hyeon Kang
– Prof. Hiroshi Shimizu
– Prof. Antonios Karaiskos
– Associate Professor Zhixun Cao
– Prof. Kunihiro Nakata
19:10 Greeting
Prof. Dr. Makoto Hizume (Dean of Law Faculty, Ritsumeikan University)

Moderator: Prof. Dr. Masahisa Deguchi (Ritsumeikan University)
19:30 Dinner

14 October 2023 (Saturday)

10:00 Session 2: “Digitization of Civil Procedure”
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Astrid Stadler (Konstanz University)
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Marutschke (Doshisha University)

PDFs:
– Digitization of Civil Procedure
– Presentation slides
– 訳文
11:00 Coffee Break & Group Photo
11:20 Comments & Discussion
Prof. Shusuke Kakiuchi (Tokyo University)
Prof. Koji Takahashi (Doshisha University)
Prof. Dr. Choong-soo HAN (Hanyang University)
Associate Professor Zhixun Cao (Peking University)
Prof. Dr. Álvaro Pérez Ragone (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
Associate Professor Wei-Yu Chen (National Taiwan University)
Prof. Hiroshi Tega (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Associate Professor Dr. Eun Hyeon Kang (University of Seoul)
Hiroko Namura (Attorney at law)
Miyako Ikuta (Attorney at law)

PDFs:
– Prof. Choong-soo HAN
– Prof. Dr. Álvaro Pérez Ragone
– Associate Professor Wei-Yu Chen
– Associate Professor Dr. Eun Hyeong Kang
– Prof. Shusuke Kakiuchi
– Prof. Hiroshi Tega
– Judge Masahiko TASHIRO: Fragen und Bemerkungen zur Digitalisierung der Justiz
12:40 Lunch & Myoshinji Temple
15:00 Meeting at Conference Room: Visit to Jury Court and Peace Museum
16:00 Session 3: “European Model Rules of Civil Procedure 2021”
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Astrid Stadler (Konstanz University)
Moderator: Prof. Hiroshi Tega (Tokyo Metropolitan University)

PDF:
– European Model Rules of Civil Procedure 2021
– Presentation Slides
– 翻訳
17:00 Coffe Break & Group Photo
17:20 Comments & Discussion
Prof. Dr. Choong-soo HAN (Hanyang University)
Associate Professor Zhixun Cao (Peking University)
Prof. Dr. Álvaro Pérez Ragone (Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú)
Associate Professor Wei-Yu Chen (National Taiwan University)
Associate Professor Dr. Eun Hyeon Kang (University of Seoul)
Prof. Koji Takahashi (Doshisha University)

PDFs:
– Prof. Han
– Prof. Dr. Álvaro Pérez Ragone
– Associate Professor Wei-Yu Chen
– Judge Masahiko TASHIRO: Frage zum ERCP
– Wei-Yu Chen: Comments
– Associate Professor Dr. Eun Hyeon Kang
18:40 Closing Ceremony
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Masahisa Deguchi (Ritsumeikan University)
18:50 End
19:15 Dinner
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International Workshop in Kyoto 2023

E-Justice, Information Technology, and Human Rights

Date: 12-14 March 2023

Language: English

Venue:
Soshikan conference room Ritsumeikan Kinugasa campus
Kyoto 603-8577 Kita-ku Tojiin Kitamachi 56-
http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/eng/common/img/data/kinu_map.pdf No.30

Organizer:

The Institute for Justice Systems in Comparative Law (IJSCL) Ritsumeikan University

Co-Organizer:

Konrad-Adenauer Foundation (Regional Programme Political Dialogue Asia)

Sponsor:
Eugusa Foundation for International Cooperation in the Social Science
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Peace Education and Research Institut. Kyoto Museum for World Peace, Ritsumeikan University
International Collaborative Research Promotion Program, Research Division, Research Office at Ritsumeikan University
Faculty of Law, Ritsumeikan University

Workshop Video

A short video about our workshop with interviews of the organizers and participants.

Background and Objectives of the Workshop

Explanatory Statement

Digitalization and ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) are fundamentally reshaping the social, political and legal world. This is both a chance as well as a challenge to the legal world.

Modern technology facilitates legal system transparency and accountability, improves access to judicial systems, and speed up proceedings; meanwhile, multi-national companies must answer how they store the data of their users, and what privacy and secrecy rules apply to them, without violating the data privacy rules of the countries they are operating in; in terms of data secrecy and human rights, facial recognition systems and biometric collections raise concerns about privacy and human rights issues that can not be solved on a national level. Based on the recent developments in social media, global e-commerce and legal tech/e-justice, the workshop asks the question to what extent these technologies can help create legal areas across borders while ensuring the protection of fundamental rights/human rights.

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us the topic’s timeliness and the difficulty of protecting privacy and fundamental rights during an ongoing state of emergency. 

Our two previous symposiums discussed the necessity of and the required framework for an Asian legal sphere. New technologies have created a connected world that is leading to a common area in Asia (and the world) and the necessity of an Asian legal sphere. European governments lead e-government development globally and integration in Europe has lead to a steady increase of cross-border legal procedures. European laws and regulations like the GDPR are used as a global baseline.

This workshop is about the new challenges of these technologies that Asia and Europe are dealing with right now. The main focus of this workshop will be discussions about these issues and concrete measures we can take. Many of our guests are therefore practitioners (judges, lawyers, members of court, public servants) who can share their insights into the ongoing challenges and practical solutions that already exist.

Programme

12 March 2023 (Sunday)

Session 1
16:50 General Moderator: Prof. Masahisa Deguchi, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
16:55 Opening Speech: Prof. Shinichi Ago, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
17:00 Stefan Samse, Director Rule of Law Programme Asia, Leiter Rechtsstaatsprogramm Asien, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation
17:05 Moderator: Prof. Hans-Peter Marutschke, Doshisha University (Deutschland)
17:10 Speaker: Prof. Johannes Masing: Freiburg University (Germany)
“Fundamental Rights Protection on the Internet-Horizontal Effects in the Information Age”
17:40 Comments (3 minutes) & Discussion:
Prof. Kimio Yakushiji: Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
Justice Kang Il-Won: Former Justice of Constitutional Court (Korea)
Prof. In-Chin Chen: National Central University – NCU, Graduate Institute of Law & Government (Taiwan)
Judge Ian Stewart Forrester: former judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union
Prof. Shimon Shetreet, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel)
Prof. Michael Reiterer: former Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea (Austria)
Prof. Masato Ichikawa: Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
18:30 End

13 March 2023 (Monday)

Session 2
09:15 Moderator: Prof. Dr. Michael Johannes Pils: Lawyer at Taylor Wessing (Germany)
09:20 Speaker: Prof. Dr. Bart Krans, Universiteit Leiden (The Netherlands) Civil Courts
“Covid and E-Justice”
09:40 Speaker: Prof. Dr. Chien-Liang Lee Dist. Prof. Dr. & Director Institutum
Iurisprudentiae Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
“Legal Issues of Taiwan’s Digital Fence System in Times of COVID-19”
10:00 Comments & Discussion:
Prof. Dr. Meinhard Schröder, Passau University （Germany)
10:20 Coffee Break
Session 3.
10:35 Moderator: Nguyen Linh Giang: Institute of State and Law, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (Vietnam)
10:40 Speaker: Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christian Gomille, Universität des Saarlandes (Germany) “Online notarization under German notarial law”
11:00 Prof. Dr. Philipp Reuß, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany)
“The Orality Principle and the Digitalisation of Civil Procedure Law in Germany”
11:20 Comment & Discussion:
Assistant Prof. Maiko Miyashita (Surugadai University)
Prof. Kuan-Ling Shen, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
11:40 Lunch
Session 4.
13:10 Welcome Speech: Prof. Makoto Hizume, Dean, College of Law, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
13:15 Moderotor: Prof. Dr. Christian Gomille, Universität des Saarlandes (Germany)
13:30 Speaker: Prof. In-Chin Chen: National Central University – NCU, Graduate
“Digital Democracy in Taiwan“
13:50 Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael Reiterer: former Ambassador of the European Union to the Republic of Korea (Austria) “Cyber security as the framework for e-justice”
14:10 Comment & Discussion: Prof. Heribertus Jaka Triyana (Indonesia)
14:30 Coffee Break
Session 5.
14:45 Moderator: Prof. Kuan-Ling Shen, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)
14:50 Speaker: Prof. Dr. Heriberutus Jaka Triyana: Faculty of Law Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia)“Relevance of Information Technology for Legal Education: Experience from Gadjah Mada University Law Faculty”
15:10 Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christoph Krönke (WU Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Institut für Österreichisches und Europäisches Öffentliches Recht (IOER)) “AI in Public Administration”
15:30 Comment & Discussion: KANG Il-won, Former Justice of the Constitutional Court in Korea, member of the Bureau Venice Commission (Korea)
15:50 Coffee Break
Session 6.
16:20 Moderator: Prof. Masahisa Deguchi, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
16:25 Speech: Martin Eberts Generalkonsul der Bundesrepbulik Deutschland Osaka Kobe
16:30 Ritsumeikan Jazz Band
16:35 Special Speaker: Yasuhiro Fujioka, “John Coltrane and Human Rights”
17:35 Ritsumeikan Jazz Band
17:45 End

14 March 2023 (Tuesday)

Session 7.
09:30 Moderator: Prof. Dr. Chien-Liang Lee Dist. Prof. Dr. & Director Institutum Iurisprudentiae Academia Sinica (Taiwan)
09:35 Speaker: Prof. Shimon Shetreet (Greenblatt Chair of Public and International Law Faculty of Law, Hebrew University of Jerusalem) “The Justice Basic Values and Advance Technology: Contemporary Challenges”
09:55 Speaker: Prof. Dr. Meinhard Schröder, Passau University (Germany)
“Explainability of Artificial Intelligence (AI)”
10:15 Comment & Discussion:
Prof. Dr. Bart Krans, Universiteit Leiden (The Netherlands)
10:35 Coffee Break
Session 8.
10:50 Moderator: Prof. Dr. Meinhard Schröder, Passau University （Germany)
10:55 Speaker: Judge Ian Stewart Forrester: former judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union “European law and data questions”
11:15 Speaker: Britta Sültz, Registered Foreign Law Attorney (German Law) at ARQIS Foreign Law Office ”Practical aspects and legal background of the work of foreign attorneys in Japan”
11:35 Comment & Discussion: Prof. Omi Hatashin, Osaka Jyogakuin University (Japan)
11:55 Lunch
Session 9.
14:00 Moderator: Prof. Hiroshi Tega (Japan)
14:05 Speaker: KANG Il-won: former Justice of the Constitutional Court in Korea, member of the Bureau Venice Commission (Republic Korea) “E-Justice and Enhancement of Procedural Rights”.
14:25 Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael Johannes Pils: Lawyer at Taylor Wessing (Germany)
“Impacts of Information Technology in Employment Law”
14:45 Comment & Discussion:
Prof. Dr. Christian Gomille, Universität des Saarlandes (Germany)
15:05 Coffee Break
Session 10.
15:20 Moderator: Prof. Dr. Philipp Reuß, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany)
15:25 Speaker: Nguyen Linh Giang: Institute of State and Law, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (Vietnam)　“Human rights and E-Justice in Vietnam in the post Covid-19 period”
15:45 Speaker: Prof. Dr. Foroud Shirvani: Universität Bonn (Germany) “Digitisation of the Administrative Court Proceedings”
16:05 Comment & Discussion:
Britta Sültz, Registered Foreign Law Attorney (German Law) at ARQIS Foreign Law Office
16:25 Coffee Break
Session 11.
16:50 Piano Music: Mayuko Obuchi from Wien (Japan)
16:55 Moderator: Prof. Omi Hatashin (Japan)
17:00 Speaker: Ian Stewart Forrester (Scotland) “The Brexit saga – the current developments”
17:30 Comment (5 Minutes) & Discussion:
Prof. Johannes Masing (Germany)
Prof. Shimon Shetreet
(Israel)
Prof. Dr. Michael Johannes Pils (Germany)
Justice Kang Il-Won (Korea)
Prof. Dr. Michael Reiterer (Austria)
18:15 Closing Speech: Prof. Mitsuyuki Inaba, Dean of Research, Ritsumeikan University (Japan)
18:30 End